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The Rules Governing Trotting, Pacing, and Running 

Contests, as found in the Rules of the National Trotting 

Association, the American Trotting Association, and the 
American Racing Rules. 



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By J. F. LAKIKG. 




NORWALK. OHIO: 
THE FAIR PUBLISHING HOUSE, 

1887. 

Copyright 1887 by Tln" Lunins Priuiing - o. 



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PREFACE. 



The object of compiling this book is to furnish the rules 
that are to be administered in the conduct of speed engage- 
ments upon the courses of Agricultural Fairs, both trot- 
ting and pacing, and running also, all in a handy volume, 
so that the law concerning any point can be readily re- 
ferred to by those who desire to know it. 

The track rules are now found in the Rules and Regula- 
tions of the National Trotting Association, and in the 
American Racing Rules, the former governing trottting 
and pacing engagements, and the latter those of running. 

In preparing these trotting rules, the rules of the National 
Association have been taken and re-arranged, so that the 
topics will appear in a natural sequence, such as the 
events to which they apply naturally occur in the cour.~:e 
of a meeting or race. To follow out this arrangement, 
it has been necessary to combine, as far as possible, all of 
the information relating to each topic, in the same rule, 
and as the provisions are somewhat (.isjointed, and the 
same rule often provides for several different things, as 
well as in some instances the same thing is provided for 
in different rules of the National Association, it has been 
necessary to not only re-arrange those rules, but to dissect 
some of them and carry each part to the rule to which it 
properly belongs. 

A comparison of these rules with those of the National 
Association, as can be easily done by use of the reference 



iiumi3ers in parenthesis in or after each paragraph herein, 
will reveal the necessity and manner of making the changes 
we have indicated. 

In making the compilation, our aim has been to use 
the language of the National rules, with no changes, ex- 
cept by such connectives as were necessary to join the 
parts of rules combined in one, in order that no new or 
doubtful expressions should be introduced. 

The rules, so far as the provisions which are applicable 
to engagements upon the turf, are complete and unabridged, 

The only provisions that they do not contain are those 
portions of the by-laws of that association that relate to 
its organization, election of its officers, and acquirement of 
membership. 

As the rules of the recently formed American Trotting 
Association, are identical with those of the National As- 
sociation, in everything except as to the government of 
the association, these rules apply to it as well as to all 
racing. They are, in fact, the trotting and pacing rules 
of the land, such as the experience of years of racing con- 
tests have demonstrated as being most wise and practicable, 
and such as have been formulated by the intelligent minds 
that are patrons of the sport, and earnest for its integrity. 

In the running rules, no rule has been abridged, and 
each provision given will be found complete. But there 
are so many circumstances arising in running races 
that are the same as those that arise in trotting and 
pacing contests, and being provided for in the rules of the 
latter, it has not been thouglit best to repeat them in the 
running rules, and for that reason they have been left 
out, so that in case the rule applicable to any case aris- 
ing in a running race is not found in those rules, but the 
circumstances are provided for in the trotting rules, it can 
be considered as the law of the case. 



4 PREFACE. 

There are also several provisions as to running races, 
as they are conducted upon the great race tracks, a knowl- 
edge of which is not calje^d for, so far as the racing that is 
done at the fairs and ordinary racing meetings, and they 
have also been omitted from these rules. Hence, these rules 
contain only the provisions necessary to be known in 
order to intelligently conduct the usual running races. 

In order to obtain perspicuity, the subject matter of 
each rule is placed prominently over it as a heading, as it 
is believed that research will thus be greatly facilitated. 

Each rule is numbered, and the numbers run in a series 
throughout the whole, so that no two rules are numbered 
alike, and reference is thus facilitated. 

This method of arrangement and the incorporation 
in each rule of all that is said upon the matter of 
which it treats, enables the contents of the rules to be 
indexed with certainty and clearness, and in a much 
shorter space than it could otherwise be done. The space 
saved can readily be seen by an examination of the rules 
of the National Association, in which it requires more 
space for the index than it does the rules. By our arrange- 
ment, and the sub-heads, an index is hardly necessary, 
because the order in which the rules are given will lead at 
once, by turning the page , to the place where the infor- 
mation sought is contained. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



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The ti:j;ures in parenthesis refer to the litile of the National Trotting 
Association upon the same subject.] 

Mandate. 

All trotting and pacing engagements and performances over 
the several courses which are, or shall be, represented by mem- 
bership in '*The National Trotting Association," and 
each and every person who shall in any way be concerned or 
employed therein, as well as all associations and proprietors 
themselves who are or shall become members of said National 
Association, shall be governed by the following rules (1\ and 
it shall be the duty of each member to see that the sam^ are 
rigidly enforced, and the exhibitions taking place upon their 
courses are conducted fairly, with integrity, and free from all 
degrading influences. (Art. XII 1,2) 



PRELiMiNARY REQUIREMENTS. 

NOMENCLATURE. 
, 1. name of horse. 

Every horse shall be named, and after entering or trotting in 
a public race such name shall not be changed without procur- 
ing a record thereof to be made in the office of The National 
Association, for which there shall be paid a recording fee of 
l|50, the fee to go to said National Association. For each 
violation of this requirement a fine of )$100 shall be imposed, 
together with suspension of the horse until paid, and no horse 
shall be thus recorded by a name that has been recorded for 
another horse. (6-4) A horse having once been named, shall 
not afterwards start in a race on any associate com'se, without 
a name, nor under a different name, unless the foregoing re- 
quirements have been complied with. (6-7) 

2. A Green Horse. 

A green horse is one that has never trotted or paced for a 
premium or money, either double or single. (55) 

3. A Horse's Age. 

The age of a horse shall be reckoned from the first day of 
January of the year of foaling. (53) 



10 TROTTING RULES. 

RACES AND CONDITIONS DEFINED. 

4. Public Rack. 

Any contest for a purse, premium, stake or wager, or involv- 
ing admission fees, on any course and in tlie presence oi a 
judge or judges, shall constitute a public race. (42) 

5. DiSTAXCK NOT SrECIFIKD. 

AVhen a race is made and no distaace specified, it shall be 
restricted to the following distances, viz : ()ne mile and repeat ; 
mile heats, best 8 in 5; two miles and repeat, or three miles 
and repeat, and may be performed in harness, to wagon, or 
under the saddle, the distance and mode of going to be named 
by the party accepting the race. [57] 

G. "Ix IIaunkss." 
When a race is made to go "in harness" it shall be construed 
to mean that the performance shall be to a sulky. (51); 

7. "Go AS They Tlease." 

Races so made shall be in harness, to wagon, or under the 
saddle, as the owner of the horse may choose; but no change in 
the mode of going shall be made after the horses appear on 
the track. (5S) 

8. lIojiSES Sold with Exgagemexts. 

"No seller of n horse with b.is engagements has the power to 
strike him out of a race, but iu case of private sale, a written 
acknowledgement of the panties is necessary to entitle the 
buyer the benefits of this rule. 

^Vhen a horse is sold with his engagements all penalties 
thereafter growing out of said engagements shall attach to the 
horse and to his purchasers ; provided that full information of 
such engagements be given by the seller in the published 
conditions, if the sale is to the highest bidder, or in a written 
bill of sale if the sale is private, and that he furthermore 
without delay notify each association, where the horse is en- 
gaged, of the date of sale, to whom sold, and that under this 
rule he claims exemption from further liability for said en- 
gagements. [Hl-l, .')] 

!». :\Iatcii Races. 
Tn all nuitch races these rules shall govern, unless the con- 
trary be expressly stipulated and ass^^nted to by the member 
over whose course the race is to come olf. (II) 

10. "Play or 1'ay." 

In all nuttches made to come olf over the course of any 
member, the parties shall place the amount of the match in 



TROTTINC 1;L;LP:8. 11 

the hands of the stakeholder, one day before the event (Sunday 
omitted) is to come off, at such time and place as the member 
upon aj^plication may determine, and the race shall then become 
^'play or pay." (12) ' 

ELIGIBILITY. 

11. Entries that Cannot Start. 

As many horses may be entered by one party, or as many 
horses trained in the same stable as may be desired, but only 
one that has been owned or controlled wholly or partly by the 
same person or persons, or trained in the same stable within 
ten davs preceeding the race, can start in any race of heats. 
(8-1) 

12. Colts and Fillies. 

All colts and fillies shall be eligible alike to all premiums 
and stakes, for animals of their age unless specially excluded 
by the conditions imposed. (51) 

lo. Time Disqualification. 

Unless otherwise specified in the published conditions, a 
horse shall not be eligible to start in any race that has beaten 
the time advertised, in whole seconds, at the same distance oi- 
pro rata for a longer distance, prior to the closing of the entries 
in the race. Fractions of a second though considered in de- 
termining and recording the time made, are not a bar in 
making entries. [5-1, 2] 

ENTRIES. 

11. Time or Closing. 

Entries for stakes and purses for horses to be named at the 
post shall close at the hour fixed for the race, and those for 
purses and premiums at 11 o'clock p. ni. of the day mentioned, 
unless otherwise specified. (2-3) 

15. How Made. 

All entries must be made in writing, signed by the person 
making the same, or by some one authorized in his behalf ; 
and, within the time appointed for closing, they must be 
addressed and forwarded according to the published conditions, 
or deposited with the Secretary or other person authorized to 
receive them. (2-1) 

10. What to Contain. 
An accurate and sufficient description of each entry will be 
required, such as shall identify the animal, and embrace the 
following particulars. (6-1) 



12 TROTTIXC; Rrj>ES. 

1. The NAM t: of every horse shall be correctly and plainly 
written. (6-4) 

2. The COLOR shall always 1)3 given and when necessary to 
id'intification the marks shall ha stated. (0-2) 

3. It shall be distinctly stated whether the entry be a stal- 
lion, mare or gelding. (0-3) 

4. The name of the sire and dan. il" known mu>t be given 
in all cases, and when unknown it shall be so stated in the 
entry. (0-3) 

5. The residence and post office address, in full, of the person 
or persons in whose name an entry is made must be given. 

(7.1) 

G. If the nominator is not the owner, he shall state the name 
and residence of the owner with the nomination. (7-2) 

17. Horse's Name Changed. 

If a horse has evei* trotted in a public race, the last name 
under which he or she trotted shall be given with the entry. 
AVhen the name of a horse has been changed within two years, 
each name that he has borne during that time must be given, 
and if a horse without a name has ever trotted in a public race, 
mention must be made in the entry of a sufficient number of 
his most recent performances to enable interested parties to 
identify the animal : provided, that it shall not be necessary to 
furnish any one association or proprietor with the same record 
of performances the second time during the season, [0-5]. Who- 
ever violates the provisions of this rule shall be fined -f 100 and 
he and the horse shall be suspended until the fine is paid. [6-4] 

18. Xames not Allowed. 

In entries and nonnnations made after 1875, the words "no 
name" shall not be received as a name ; neither shall such de- 
scriptive words as "bay horse," "gray mare" "unknown," 
etc., be allowed as names, untler penalty of a fine not to exceed 
the entrance fee, to be imposed on the member who violates 
this restriction. But this restriction shall not apply to any 
horse having obtained a record previous to 1870 under the 
name of "Unknown. "[0-6] 

10. Pedigree not Given, or False. 

]f the requirement as to pedigree is not complied with the 
entry may be rejected ; and when the pedigree is given, it shall 
be stated by the member with the publication of the entry, 
and if the pedigree or record of a horse be falsely stated, for 
the purpose of deception, the guilty party may be fined, sus- 
pended, or expelled, by order of the Board of Review. [0-3] 



TROTTING RULES. 13 

20. Double Teams. 

In entering double teams the entry must contain the name 
and description of each horse as is provided for entering a 
single horse. [6-8] 

21. Giving False Name or Residence. 

Whoever shall falsely state the name or residence of any 
person in whose name an entry is made, for the purpose of de- 
ception, may be punished by a fine not to exceed $100 or by 
suspension or expulsion, and the entry may be ruled out with 
forfeiture of entrance money. (7-1). 

22. Entry for Disqualified Owner. 

Whoever shall enter any animal of which he is not the owner, 
in any race, and shall not state the name and residence of 
the owner, when the owner is under disqualification, shall be 
subject to a fine of not less than $50 or more than $100. [7-2] 

23. When Entries must be Received 

All entries not actually received by the member as aforesaid, 
at the hour of closing, shall be ineligible, except entries by 
letter bearing postmark not later than the day of closing, or 
entries notified by telegraph, the telegram to be actually re- 
ceived at the office of sending at or before the hour of closing, 
such telegram to state the color, sex, and name of the horse, 
and the class to be entered in, also to give the name and residence 
of the party making the entry. [2-2] 

21. Entrance Fees. 

Unless otherwise specified, the entrance fee shall be ten per 
cent of the purse. 

25. Liability for Fees. — Death of Horse. 

All entries shall be governed by the published condition and 
shall be bound for the entrance fee regardless of any proposed 
deviation from such conditions, [3-3] AH engagements and 
obligations for entrance fees, shall be void upon death of either 
party or horse, so far as they effect deceased party or horse, 
but forfeits and matches made "play or pay" shall not be 
effected by the death of a horse. (10) 

26. When Payment Required. 

Nominations for premiums may be rejected unless accompan- 
ied by the entrance money, and no sweepstakes nominations 
shall be privileged to compete unless the payments have been 
made according to the conditions. [2-4] 



14 TROTTIN(^ RULES. 

27. Suspension for Non-Payment of Fees. 

Any person failing to pay his entrance fees, or in stake races 
his declaration, forfeit, or entrance, may, together with his 
horse or horses, be suspended until they are paid in full, with 
the addition of ten per cent penalty and interest at six per 
cent per annum, until paid, the penalty and percentage and 
interest to go to the National Association [3-1]. No suspen- 
sion for non-payment of dues as aforesaid shall be lawful unless 
ordered within one week of the close of the meeting and no 
suspension shall be imposed for non-payment of such dues 
contracted in a class wherein the horse was permitted to start, 
and in case when the member has applied for membership 
subsequent to the closing of its entries, such suspension shall 
be unlawful unless notice of intended membership has been 
given prior to tlie closing of the entries. [3-2] 

28. Collusion Punished. 

Any member who shall make a collusive arrangement to 
allow a nominator privileges different from those allowed by 
the terms of the race to other entries in the same class, shall, 
upon satisfactory evidence thereof being produced to the Board 
of Review, be held to forfeit to this association the amount of the 
purse in which the collusive arrangement was made, one half to 
go to the informant upon recovery of the same, and upon a 
second conviction of a like character, the member shall be ex- 
pelled. (3-:5) 

29. Fraudulent Entries, Etc. 

Whoever shall make a fraudulent entry of a horse, or dis- 
guise a horse with intent to conceal its identity, or shall be in 
any way concerned in such a transaction shall be expelled 
[l4-l], and whoever shall paint or disguise a horse so as to 
represent another horse, or shall knowingly enter a horse in a 
class where he does not belong, shall ferfeit the entrance money 
and be ruled out , and the guilty party and horse may be sus- 
pended or expelled, or they may be fined not to exceed one- 
half the amount of the purse Mith suspension until the fine is 
paid. [11-2] 

30. Reward. 

A reward of i^oO will be paid to the person who shall first 
give information leading to the detection and conviction of 
any fraudulent entry and of the parties thereto, to be paid out 
of the funds of The National Association by the Treasurer, 
upon the decision and order of the Board of Review : prodded, 
that this shall not be constructed to extend protection to 
courses outside of this Association. [1 •")-!] 



TROTTL\(; lULKS. 15 

ol. Kacp:s Filled. 

Unless otherwise specified, a race shall be filled if iliree or 
more entries have been made aiul there ai"e tw(^ to start. [4-1] 

32. List OF Entimes. 

The Secretary or other authorized pei'soii shall prepare a list 
of the entries as soon as practical after they close, for inspec- 
tion of parties interested, and for publication. Such list shall 
contain such inforniation as is necessarry for the enlightm(!nt 
of the general pul)lic and the parties to tlie race. (2-5) 

PREPARATION FOR THE RACES. 

oo. Officers of tfie Course. 

The Officers of the Course shall be as follows: 

1. Three Judges of the Race. 

2. One Distance fJudge. 

'). One Clerk of the Course. 

oi. Selection of Judges. 

The presiding otHcer or juanager of the member, in every 
race or exhibition, shall choose or authorize the selection of 
three persons understanding these rules of racing, and other- 
Avise competent, to act as f Judges for the day or race [25-1]. 
In all heat races those in authority shall also select one Dis- 
tance Judge, and in case they fail to make such selection the 
same may be done by the judges of the race [27-1,2], and 
said judges, while presiding, or those in authority, may appoint 
one or more Patrol Ju.lges and Timers whenever they deem it 
advisable. [2(J] [27-2] 

;>5. Who Elkjiule as Judc^ie. 

No one who is under penalty of suspension or expulsion, or 
has any interest in the residt of a raCe or any lun-se therein, or 
any bet dependent thereon, shall be eligible to act as judge of 
a race. And if [iny person wlto is thus dis(]ualified shall, in- 
tentionally and deceptively violate this restriction, he shall up- 
on conviction thereof by the Board of Appeals, be adjudged 
guilty of a dishonorable act, for which he shall be expelled 
from every course in this association [25-2] 

3'). Clerk of The Course. 

Each member shall furnish a competent person, l<nown as 
Clerk of the Course, to make the record required of the race, 
and who shall at their re(j[uest assist the judges in assigning the^ 
positions of the iKDrses at the start, in weighing their riders 
and drivers and in placing the horses at the finish of the heat. 



16 TROTTING RULES. 

and other similar duties, whenever requested by them to do so. 
lie shall also note the time when the heats are finished and 
shall notify the Judges or ring the bell at the expiration of the 
time allowed between the heats. [Art. 1-1, 2] 

37. Horses Drawn. 

A horse may be drawn by notice by telegraph or in MTiting, 
given to the President, Secretary, or proprietor of the course, 
on or before 7 o'clock p. m. of the day preceeding the race, 
[Sunday excepted] and after such notice the horse shall be 
ineligible to start in the race ]17-1] Horses shall not be 
drawn at any other time except by permission of the judges, 
but in no case shall the drawing of a horse absolve the nom- 
inator, or other person held for the same, from the payment of 
entries that are drawn. When a party has two or more entries 
in a race he shall elect which horse he wdll start, and give a 
like notice of the decision. Whoever violates this rule ma}'' 
be fined in any sum not exceeding $100, or both he and the 
horse may be suspended or expelled. [17-1, 2] 

88. Protests. 

Whenever information of an improper entry or act prohib- 
ited or punishable under these rule is obtained, [16-7J or it is 
thought that a liorse or party is not eligible to take part in a 
race, a protest may be made^ verbally if before or during the 
race ; but it shall' be reduced to writing, and shall contain at 
least one specific charge, and when required, a statement of the 
nature of the evidence upon which it is based, and all protests 
shall be filed with the judges, or member, before the close of 
the meeting ; and the protesting party shall be allowed to file 
additiop.al charges with the evidence. (16-1) 

39. Answer of Protest. 

In every case of protest the judges shall require the rider or 
driver, and the owner or owners, if present, to immediately 
answer the protest under oath, and in case of their refusal to 
do so, the horse shall not be allowed to start or continue in 
that race, but shall be declared ruled out with forfeiture of 
entrance money. [16-2] If however, a protest is presented before 
or during a race, and the parties refuse to make the prescribed 
oath, if the judges believe the refusal is designed to favor a 
fraud, they may require the horse under protest to start or 
continue in the race. (16-5) 

Oath. 

The oath requii-ed in answer to protest shall be in the fol- 
lowing form, to ^^it : 



TROTTING RULES. 17 

1 of ill the County 

of State of on oath 

depose and say that I am the of the 

called the same entered 

in a pm'se for horses that have never trotted better than 

minutes and seconds, to be trotted 

this day on this course, and the same that has been protested, 
and to which protest this affidavit is in answer, hereby declare 
and affirm that to the best of my knowledge and belief said 
before-mentioned horse is eligible to start or compete in the 
race aforesaid ; and that I fully believe all the provisions and 
conditions required in the rules and regulations for the gov- 
ernment of trials of speed over this course were fully and 
honestly complied with in making the entry aforesaid. 

Given under my hand at this . 

day of A. D. 188 . 



Subscribed and sworn to before me, this, 
day of A. D. 188 . 



y It slice of the Peace. 

[N"oTE. — In the absence of a Justice of the Peace, if this 
oath be administered by an officer of the association, or one of 
the Judges of the race, it will be considered sufficient for the 
purposes of the National Association.] [16-9] 

40. Going Under Protest. 

Whenever a party shall make the answer above required, 
unless the judges find evidence sufficient to warrant them in 
excluding the horse from the race, they shall allow him to 
start or continue in the race under protest, and such premium 
as may be won by that horse, if any, shall be retained for a 
sufficient period of time, say three weeks, to allow the parties 
interested a chance to sustain the allegations of the protest, or 
to furnish information that will warrant the investigation of 
the matter by the member or the Board of Appeals, but if the 
said period of three wrecks elapse without action being taken 
to sustain the protest or furnish the information, the member 
may proceed as if no such protest had been made. (16 •>) 

41. Withdrawing Protests. 

No protest shall be withdrawn or surrendered before the 
expiration of the three weeks without the consent of the mem- 
ber, and in case such consent be given with a corrupt motive 
to favor any party who is, or may be affected by the same, the 
member so giving the consent shall be expelled from all the 
privileges of this association. (16-7) 



18 TROTTIXC; RULES. 

[2. Falsi-: Protests. 

Whoever protests a horse falsely and without cause, or 
merely with intent to embarrass a race, shall l)e fined not 
exceeding «flOO, or suspended or expelled. (16-0) 

Tn case of unfavoi'able weather or other unavoidable cause, 
either before or after a race has connnenced, any member shall 
have the power to postpone u[)on giving notice thereof, to the 
next fair day and good track, Sunday omitted. But except 
in stake rac33, no postpDuemant shall be allowred beyond 
the last day of the week in which the member has limited its 
meeting, and in any class that has not been started by four 
o'clock p. m, of the last day of the time so limited, the race 
sliall be declared ofl' and the entrance money I'efunded. (1<S) 

fl. Weights. 

Each liorse starting in a trotting or pacing race for a purse, 
sweei>stakes or match, shall carry weights as follows : 

]f to wagon or sulky, 150 poun<ls, exclusive of harness. 

If under the saddle. 115 pounds including the saddle and 
whip. (20-1) 

15. Wr.mmxc. 

Previous to the starting of any race, the riders or drivers 
shall weigh in the presence of one or more of the judges, or 
their assistants, and those who do not weigh bodily the number 
of pounds they are rcipiired to carry in the race, shall nuike up 
the deficiency by carrying such substance as the judges may 
approve of, and such riders or drivers shall also reweigh as 
the}'" dismount at the close of each heat, and in case they do 
not bring in with tliem the re([uired weight, shall be distanced, 
unless such a decision would be deemed to favor a fraud. 
(20-2) (28-1) 

1(3. Accidents axi> Mistakes ix Weights. 

Whenever a rider or driver is dismounted by force from his 
horse or vehicle, after having passed the winning post, if 
disabled he may be carried to the judges' stand and weighed, 
and the judges may take the circumstances into consideration 
and decide accordingly. Wiienever there has been no decep- 
tion on the part of a rider or driver, and the judges shall by 
mistake or fraud of their own, approve of a weight to be carried 
which shall be deficient, and the same shall be .so carried and 
brought home, there shall be no penalty for light weight in 
that heat, but the party shall carry the recpiired weight in all 
lieats after tlu' error is discovered. (20-2) 



TROTTIN(; KLLES. 11/ 

47. Weights in Handicaps and Matches. 

In all handicaps or matches where extra or lesser weights 
are to be carried, the judges shall carefully examine before 
starting, whether the riders or drivers or vehicles are of such 
weights as have been agreed upon or required by the match or 
handicap, and thereafter the riders and drivers shall be subject 
to the same penalties and conditions as if they were to carry 
the weights prescribed in these rules. (21) 

48. Overweights. 

If any rider or driver shall weigh bodily to exceed 20 pounds 
over the weight prescribed in these rules, or that which is re- 
quired by the conditions of the race, it shall be announced 
from the stand before the heat ; and if in the opinion of the 
judges such weight was imposed upon the horse for an improper 
or fraudulent purpose, they shall liave power to substitute 
another rider or driver of suitable weight, and if they believe the 
horse has been prejudiced in the race by such overweight, he 
shall not be allowed to start again or continue in the race, but 
shall not be distanced but declared ruled out, and all bets on 
such horse may be declared off. (22) 

40. Length of Whips. 

No rider or driver will be allowed a w^iip to exceed the 
following lengths, exclusive of snapper, which may be 3 inches 
additional : saddle horses, 2 feet 10 inches ; sulkies, 4 feet 8 
inches ; wagons, 5 feet 10 inches ; double teams, 8 feet G inches; 
tandem teams, and four-in-hand, unlimited. (2o) 

THE RACE. 

.50. The Judges' Stand. 

None but the Judges of the race and their assistants and 
Clerk of Course or society shall be allowed to remain in the 
stand during any heat. (24) 

51. Authority and Duty of Judges. 

The judges shall have complete control of the horses about 
to start or in each race over whicn they preside, and the 
riders, drivers, and assistants of the horses. They may require 
the riders and drivers to be properly dressed, [28] and they 
shall have authority to determine all questions of fact relating 
to the race, and decide any matters of difference between 
parties to the race and such contingent matters as shall arise, 
not provided for in these rules. But their decisions shall be 
in strict conformity to these rules and the principl'es upon 
which they are founded. They shall have the power to inflict 



-20 TROTTING RULES. 

the fines and penalties prescribed in these rules, and shall 
rigidly enforce the same [25] and in the absence of other pro- 
visions, they shall have the power to punish by fine not exceed- 
ing $100, or by suspension or expulsion, any person who shall 
fail to obey their orders or these rules. (26) 

52. Calling the Horses. 

Unless otherwise provided, all races shall be started at 2 
o'clock, p. m. from April 1st to September 15th, and after that 
date at 1 o'clock, p. m., until the season closes. (oQ) The 
judges shall be in the stand at least 15 minutes before the 
time announced for the starting of the race, and at ten minutes 
previous to the time announced for the race or heat to come off, 
they shall ring the bell or otherwise notify the parties to appear 
forthe race or heat. (28-1, 2) As soon as the horses are thus 
called, each rider or driver shall immediately prepare for the 
race or heat and appear at the stand ready for the start, [28-2] 
and norider or driver shall cause any unnecessary delay after 
the horses are called up, either by neglecting to prepare for 
the race in time, or failing to come for the word or otherwise; 
(29-1) and thereupon the track shall be vacated by all other 
horses at once so as to give those engaged in the race the exclu- 
sive right to it until the heat is over. (33-5) Any rider or driver 
failing to obey this summons may be punished by a fine of not 
exceeding $100, or his horses may be ruled out by the judges 
and considered drawn, but in all stakes and matches a failure to 
iippear promptly at the appointed time shall render the delin- 
quent party liable to forfeit. (28-2) 

53. Identity Established. 

Whenever a nominator is personally unknown to the officers 
of a course, if required, or if his entry is protested, he shall 
establish hisidenty and that of his horse, by sufficient evidence or 
references, to the satisfaction of the judges or member, and if 
])e shall fail to satisfy the judges in regard to such identity, 
before or after the start, all pools and bets on such horse may 
])e declared off, which shall be publically announced by them 
from the stand, and if the identity of such horse shall not be 
established within twenty-one days thereafter, he shall be 
barred from winning, and any premium which is withheld from 
a disqualified man or horse, and which if not distributable un- 
der these rules to another entry in the race, shall revert to the 
member. (7-3) 

Any member or any officer of this association may call for 
information concerning the identity of any horse that is or has 
been entered on the grounds of a member, and may demand an 
opportunity to examine such horse with a view to establish his 



TROTTING RULES. 21 

ideiity, and if the owner or party controlling such horse shall 
refuse to afford such ijiforniation or allow such examination, the 
liorse and the said owner or party may be suspended by order 
of the member or President or Secretary of this Association.. 
(7-4) Drivers, owners and others shall have the right, at all 
times, to give information to the judges, of frauds or wrongs- 
perpetrated against the Association, without incurring penalty 
for such action. (7-o) 

51. Decorum. 

Whoever, being the owner, trainer, rider, driver or attendant 
of any horse, or in anywise connected therewith, or anj'^ other 
person who shall, at any time and in any place, use any im- 
proper or offensive language to the officers of an association or 
a course, or the judges of a race, or shall be guilty of any im- 
proper conduct toward such officers, or judges, or persons serv- 
ing under their orders, such improper language or conduct 
having reference to acts and things connected with the admin- 
istration of the course or any race thereon, or if any such 
person, at any time or place, shall commit an assault or an as- 
sault and battery upon any rider or driver who shall ride or 
drive in a race by order of the judges, or shall threaten to do 
bodily injury to such substituted rider or driver, or shall ad- 
dress to such rider or driver language outrageously insulting, 
for or on account of his services as aforesaid, such person so' 
offending shall be punished by expulsion. (46-1, 2) 

55. Drawing for Position. 

As soon as the horses appear on the track the judges sliall 
draw for their positions in the race, and place them according- 
ly, and thereupon notify each rider or driver of the position to 
which he has been assigned. (28) 

56. Scoring. 

When a start shall not be satisfactary to the judges, if the 
word is not given, at the tap of the bell or other signal, all of" 
the horses in the race shall immediately be turned and jog 
back for a fresh start. (29-) After the first scoring the judges 
shall select one of the contending horses to score by, the pole 
horse being preferred when suitable, and in scoring each horse 
shall keep the position to which he has been assigned. And if 
any rider or driver shall hold back or come up in advance of 
the horse selected to score by, he may be fined not less than $5 
or more than ^50, or the judges may not only start the race or 
give the word without regard to the position or absence of the 
offending parties, and may fine such offender not exceeding 
$100, or punish him by suspension not exceeding one year, and 
the fine imposed collected at once. (20-2, 4) 



^•J TROTTlXd Kl'LES. 

."(7. I'assinm; to thk Lkft. 

'JMie rule of tlie track is that all horses, in meeting, shall 
pass to the left. (:}:>4) 

^-iS. Spongin'G. 

No driver shall be allowed to sponge out his horse or horses 
oftener than once in five times scoring. (2U--\) 

.")!). Stauting. 

No standing starts shall be given. When the judges desire 
to send the horses off they shalfc give the starting word " Go" 
from their st^md ('2U-5), and after such word is given there shall 
l>e no recalling, and all of the horses shall be deemed to have 
started in a race when the word is given in the first heat, pro- 
vided, however, that if tiie judges sliall give a signal for recall 
in any heat through error, after having given the word, dis- 
tance shall 1)6 waived in that heat, except for foul driving. (29-1) 

<ii). Houses Drkakixg. 

AMien any horse or horses shall break from their gait in 
trotting or pacing, their rider or driver shall at once pull them 
to the gait at which they were to go in the race, and if any party 
shall fail to comply with this requirement, and shall come out 
ahead, the heat shall be given to the next best horse, and in 
any case all other horses shall be placed ahea'l of him in that 
heat, and the judges may distance the offending horse (?)0-l) 
but a liorse breaking at or near the score shall be subject to no 
greater penalty than on any other part of the track. (>^0-5) 
Offenders under this rule may be fined not to exceed i^lOO, or 
by suspension not exceeding one year, (;>()-!) 

no. Gains in Bkkakexg. 

Should tl:e rider or driver comply with the provisions of the 
last rule and a liorse should gain by a break, besides the other 
l)enalties that may be imposed for running, twice the distance 
.^o gained shall l)e taken from him at the coming out. [oO 2] 

02. Repeated Breakinc;. 

In any trotting race if n horse repeatedly breaks, runs or paces 
or performs in a mixed gait while another horse is trot- 
ting, the judges shall punish the horse so offending by placing 
him last in the heat, or by distancing him, and to better de- 
tei'mine what breaks are made during the progress of a heat, it 
shall l)e the duty of one of the judges to call out every break, 
<lesignating by colors or name the horse making it, and the 
character of the break, and the judge or an assistant sliall 
make a note of the same in writing. (^iO-o, 4) 



TROTTING HULKS. 2:^ 

Q'o. Positions and Conduct on the Thack 

A leading horse is entitled to any part of the track, except 
after selecting liis position on the home streteh ; but he shall 
not change from right to left or from the inner to the outer 
side of the track during any part of a heat when another horse 
is so near him that in altering his positson he compels the 
horse behind him to shorten his stride, or causes the rider or 
driver of such other horse to pull him out of his stride ; neither 
shall any rider, driver or horse, cross, jostle or strike any other 
horse, rider or driver, nor swerve, or "carry him out" "sit 
down in front of him," or do any other act which constitutes 
w^hat is popularly knowm as helping or which shall impede the 
progress of another horse nor shall any horse passing a leading 
horse take his track so soon after getting the lead as to cause 
the horse passed to shorten his stride. (29-10) 

61. The Homestretch. 

In coming out on the homestretch the foremost horse or 
liorses shall keep the positions first selected, or be liable to be 
distanced, and any horse shall be allowed to pass another on the 
inside or anywhere on the stretch when there is sufficient room 
to do so without interfering with other horses. And any 
party interfering to prevent another horse from so passing, 
shall be distanced, and if any horse in attempting to pass 
another on the home stretch should at any time cross or swerve 
so as to impede the progress of the horse behind him he shall 
not be entitled to win the heat. (29-8, 9) 

65. Penalties. 
Whoever violates the provisions of Rules 68 and 64 shall be 
punished by having his liorse placed behind all of the un- 
offejiding horses in that heat and if the judges believe the im- 
propriety was intentional the horse may be distanced, and the 
rider or driver may be fined not to exceed the amount of the 
purse or stake contested for, or may be suspended or expelled. 
(29-11) No warning shall be necessary on the part of the 
judges before inflicting the fines or penalties for violation of 
such rules. (29-8, 9) 

66. DiSMOUNTINC. 

After each heat, riders or drivers shall come to the starting 
stand and sliall not dismount or leave their vehicles without 
permission of the judges, but a rider or driver thrown or taken 
by force from his horse or vehicle shall not be considered as 
liaviiig so dismounted. (20-2) 

67. Complaints. 

All complaints by riders and drivers of any foul riding or 
driving, or other misconduct, must be made at the termination 



24 TROTTIXG KULES. 

of the heat, and before the rider or driver dismounts or leaves 
his vehicle. (45) And no complaint of foul shall be noticed by 
the judges except from the owners, riders, drivers in the race, 
and the authorized distance and patrol judges. ("28-4) 

08. Pulling. 

If the judges believe that a horse is being or has been 
"pulled," or has been ridden or driven in other respects improp- 
erly, with a design to prevent him from winning a heat or 
place that he was evidently able to win, and that such act was 
done on the part of the rider or driver for the purpose of 
throwing the race, or to perpetrate or aid a fraud, they shall 
have power to substitute a competent and reliable rider or 
driver for the remainder of the race, who shall be paid ten per 
cent of the amount awarded the horse in the race, provided 
the said substituted rider or driver shall better the position of 
the horse in the race, which shall be paid by the member, and 
the member may retain the amount paid, if any, from the 
purse which said substituted rider or driver may win : and 
any professional rider or driver who, without good and suffi- 
cient reason, refuses to be so substituted, may be fined not to 
exceed the amount of the purse or stake competed for, or he 
may be expelled, by order of the judges and upon approval of 
the Board of Appeals ; and the judges may declare such heat 
void, if it be a deciding heat of the race, and if the result and 
circumstances of the race confirm their belief, the rider or 
driver so removed may be expelled by the judges. If the 
owner, or person or persons controlling the offending horse 
shall be a party or parties to such fraud, he or they may be 
punished by a similar fine, or he or they with the horse, maj' 
be expelled. [28-5] 

69 Loud Shouting, etc. 

Any rider or driver guilty of any loud shouting or making 
other improper noise, or, of making improper use of the whip 
during the pendency of a heat, shall be punished by a fine not 
to exceed $25, or by suspension during the meeting. (47) 

70. Fouls and Frauds. 

If any act or thing shall be done by any owner, rider, driver, 
or their horse or horses, during a race or in connection therewith, 
which these rules define or warrant the judges in deciding to 
))e fraudulent or foul (48-1), or any owner, trainer, driver, or 
attendant of a horse, or other person, shall be guilty of any 
act of a fraudulent nature, or of any unprincipled conduct 
tending to debase the character of the trotting turf in the 
estimation of the public (48-2), the judges shall have pow 



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if no special provision is made in these rules to meet the case, 
to fine in the sum of $100 or less, or suspend or expel the 
offender, and in case of foul riding or driving they shall dis- 
tance the offending horse, unless they believe such action shall 
favor a fraud (48), or if any such person shall be found guilty 
of dosing or tampering with a horse engaged or entered in any 
race, or in any way concerned in such a transaction (14-1), 
such person shall be expelled, and they may declare all pools 
and bets off in cases of fraud, and no appeal shall be allowed 
from their decision in this respect. (26) 

71. Time in Case of Accidents. 

In case of accident ten minutes shall be allowed, but the 
judges may allow more time when deemed necessary and 
proper. (34) 

72. C0LI.1SIONS. 

In case of collision and break down, whether willful or other- 
wise, the party causing the same may be distanced, and if the 
judges find that the collision was intentional or designed to 
aid a fraud, the driver in fault shall be forthwith suspended 
or expelled, and his horse may be distanced, but if necessary 
to defeat fraud, the judges shall direct the offending horse to 
start again, but none but the offending horse shall be distanced 
in such a heat, except for foul driving. 

If the judges in a concluding heat find that a collision in- 
volved a fraudulent object, they may declare that heat void. (35) 

73. Distances. 

In all races of heats, the Distance Stand shall be the follow- 
ing distance from the wire or winning post: 

Mile heats 80 yards. 

Mile heats, 3 in 5, 100 yards. 

Twoi-mile heats, 150 yards. 

Three-mile heats, 220 yards. 

In heats of not over one mile, wherein eight or more horses 
start, the distance shall be increased one-half but in any 
heat wherein the number of starters is reduced to less than 
eight the ordinary distance shall be restored. (37-1) 

74. Horses Distanced. 

All horses whose heads have not reached the distance stand 
as soon as the leading horse reaches the winning post, shall be 
declared distanced and out of the race, except in cases other- 
wise provided for, or the punishment of the leading horse by 
setting him back for running, when it shall be left to the dis- 
cretion of the judges, and if in any heat a horse shall distance 
all competitors, the race will then be completed. (37-2, 3) 



2() TROTTINU RULES. 

75. Distance AND Pat.kol Judges. 

The distance and patrol judges shall remain at their posts 
during the heats, and inunediately after the close of each the|^ 
shall repair to tlie judges' stand and report the horses that are 
distanced and all foul or improper conduct, if any has occurred 
under their observation, but in the absence of a Distance Judge 
or on his failure to act, the judges of the race shall determine 
what horses are distanced. (27-1,2) 

7G. When no Distance. 

In any heat which shall be won by a horse which has been 
protested, there shall be no distance to all other horses, except for 
fouls defined in Rule 70. (lG-4) 

77. Time. 

In pvery public race (-39), the two leading horses shall be timed 
separately (40-1), [89-2], the time being taken from the pole 
horse or the horse selected to score by, (40-'3) and if the heat is 
awarded to either of said horses, his time only shall be an- 
nounced and be a record or bar, as the case may be, (40-1). 
The time so taken shall be the official time only, and shall be 
recorded and announced in conformity with these rules, and 
should the winning horse afterwards be ruled out of the race 
for fraud or ineligibility, he shall retain the record or bar 
acquired by the time so announced. (40-1) [28-1] 

78. Time in Dead Heats. 

A dead heat shall be counted in the race and shall be con- 
sidered a heat which is undecided only as between the horses 
making it, and one that is lost to all other horses contending 
therein ; and in case of a dead heat the time shall consti- 
tute a record or bar for the horses making the dead heat (32-1), 
and if for any other cause the heat is not awarded to either of 
the leading horses, it shall be awarded to the next best horse, 
and no time shall be given out by the judges or recorded 
against either horse, and the judges may waive the application 
of the distance rule in that heat except for foul driving. (40-2) 

70. Timing. 

In every public race, it shall be the duty of the Judges of 
the Race, or person appointed to assist them in that respect, to 
accurately take the time of each heat, which shall be placed in 
the record, and no unofficial time shall be announced or ad- 
mitted to the record, but in any case involving alleged sup- 
pression of time, or false announcement of time,' nothing in 
this rule shall be construed to limit the Board of Ileview as 
to the evidence admissible. 

In any case of an alleged error in the record announcement 



TROTTING RULES. 27 

or publication of the time made by a horse in a public race, 
the time so questioned shall not be changed to favor said horse 
or owner, except on the sworn statement of the judges and 
timers who officiated in the race. (39-1, 2, 3) 

80. Time a Record. 

A record can only be made in a public race, the horse to 
trot or pace a full mile according to rule, and the time must 
be taken by at least two timers selected for the purpose, and 
the record of their names as well as the time must be kept. 
(43-1) 

81. Time a Bar. 

Time otherwise taken, at fairs and on any track, whether 
short or not, shall be known as a har, and shall constitute a 
bar the same as if regularly made over a track that was full 
measurement. 

Any public race at a less distance than one mile and exceed- 
ing a half mile, shall be regarded as irregular^ and time made 
in any such race shall create a har. 

Time heretofore made on non-association tracks shall be 
records or bars, as the case be, the same as if made over asso- 
ciation tracks, and if it should appear to the Board of Appeals, 
upon investigation, that any record was fraudulently obtained 
it shall be declared not a record, but a har. 

82. Time not a Bar. 

Time made under the saddle, or on snow or ice, as well as 
time made when two or more horses are harnessed together, 
shall constitute a bar for races of the same character, but 
shall not be a bar for races of a different character. 

83. SuPRESSiOK OF Time. 

Any horse winning a heat or making a dead heat in any 
public race wherein there was any intentional suppression of 
time or misrepresentation either in the record or the announce- 
ment of the time of any heat in the race, together with all the 
parties implicated in the fraud, shall by operation of the rules, 
be henceforth disqualified from the right to compete on the 
grounds of a member, which disqualification may be removed 
only by order of the Board of Review, when, upon investigation 
the board shall believe that the constructive fraud was not 
premeditated, but only then upon restitution or return to the 
custody of the Treasurer of this association, of any premiums 
that under any circumstances have been awarded such horse 
on the grounds of members during the time of disqualification, 
and upon payment of a fine of |100 to go to this association, 
the fine to apply to the horse regardless of any change in 



^ TROTTING RULES. 

ownership, (41-1). A fine of $100 shall be imposed upon any 
member on whose ground this rule shall be violated, one half 
the fine to be paid the informer, upon recovery, (41-2). And 
any person who shall as judge or timer be guilty of fraudulent 
suppression of time in any public race shall be expelled from 
the courses of all members. 

84. Announcing Heats. 

As soon as they are satisfied with the weights of the riders 
and drivers, and sufficient time has elapsed to receive the 
reports of the Distance and Patrol Judges, and the heat has 
been decided, the result of the heat, (28-3), and the time 
thereof, shall be publically announced by the judges, except 
as provided in these rules concerning those heats which are not 
awarded to either of the leading horses. (39-1) 

85. Time Betw^een Heats. 

The time between heats shall be as follows: (33-1) 

Mile heats, 20 minutes. 

Mile heats, 3 in 5, 25 minutes. 

Two-mile heats, 30 minutes. 

Three-mile heats, 35 minutes. 

Four- mile heats, 40 minutes. 
After the first heat the horses shall be called five minutes 
prior to the time of starting. (33-3) 

86. Races "Sandwiched." 

Not more than two races shall be sandwiched, in the perfor- 
mances on one day, but when one race of the two has been 
finished another may be called on, and when races are sand- 
wiched, tlie first race shall be trotted out on time as far as 
practicable. (33-2) 

87. Positions in Heats. 

The horse winning a heat shall take the pole, or inside 
position, the succeeding heat, and all others shall take the 
position assigned them in judging the last heat. When two 
or more horses make a dead heat, the horses shall start for the 
succeeding heat in the same positions with reference to the 
pole that they occupied at the finish of the dead heat. (29-7) 
And when either of the horses making the dead heat would 
have terminated the race had he won the dead heat, only 
the horses making the dead heat shall start again. (82-2) 

88. Ruled Out Horses. 

In heats of one, two, three, or four miles, a horse not winning 
one heat in three, shall not start for the fourth, and in heats, 



TROTTrNCT RULES. 29 

best "three in five, a horse not winning a heat in the first five 
shall not start for the sixth, unless such horses have made a 
dead heat, but shall be considered as ruled out, and when ten 
or more Tiorses start in a race, every horse not distanced shall 
have the right to compete until the race is completed, subject 
however to the other penalties in these rules. QM) 

89. Trotting After Dark. 

No heat shall be trotted when it is so dark that the gait of 
the horses cannot be plainly seen by the judges from the stand, 
but all such races shall be continued by the judges to the next 
fair day (omitting Sunday) at such hour as they shall designate, 
and this rule shall apply to all purses, matches and stakes, 
unless otherwise agreed between the parties and the member. 
(19-1, 2) 

90. Winning Horses. 

A horse must win a majority of the heats which are required 
by the conditions of race, to be entitled to the purse or stakes, 
and unless otherwise provided in the published conditions of 
the race, a horse distancing all competitors in a heat will con- 
clude the race and shall receive the entire purse or stakes 
contended for. (36-1) (37-:]) 

91. Other Horses Placed. 

When more than one horse remains in the race entitled to 
be placed at the finish of the last heat, (36-2) their rank shall be 
determined according to the positions assigned them in the 
different heats, viz : A horse winning two heats, better than 
one winning one ; a horse having won one heat, better 
than one only making a dead heat ; a horse winning one or 
two heats and making a dead heat, better than one winning 
the same number of heats and not making a dead heat; a 
horse wdnning a heat or making a dead heat and not distanced 
in the race, better than a horse that has not won a heat or 
made a dead heat ; a horse that has been placed second in one 
heat, better than one that has been placed third in any number 
of heats, and likewise as to third, fourth, etc., places, and the 
premiums shall be awarded according to the rank of the horses 
so determined, (36-4) and when two or more horses appear in 
equal rank they shall share equally in the premiums w^on by 
them, (36-5) and unless otherwise specified in the published 
conditions, should there be a premium for^ which no horse has 
won and maintained a specified place, the same shall go to the 
winner, provided however that the number of premiums award- 
ed shall not exceed the number of horses that started in the 
race, (36-2) and in case the above provisions shall not be 



30 TROTTING RULES. 

specific as to second, third, etc., money, the judges of the race 
shall make the awards, according to the principles of these 
rules, and their best judgment. (36-6) 

92. Rank of Distanced Horses. 

Horses distanced in the first heat of a race shall be equal, 
but horses that are distanced in any subsequent heat shall rank 
as to each other in the order of the positions to which they 
were entitled at the start of the heat in which they were dis- 
tanced. (38) 

03. Purses to Ruled Out Horses. 

A horse ruled out, under Rules 87 and 88, shall be entitled to 
a share of the purse or premium according to his rank at the 
close of his last heat. (31, 32-3) 

94. No Purse For A Walk Over. 

No purse will be awarded for a w alk over, but in cases where 
only one horse entered for a purse shall appear on the course, 
he shall be entitled to his own entrance money and to one half 
of that received from the other enti'ies for the same purse. 
But this rule shall not apply to stakes and forfeits. (9) 

95. INIatciies Against Time. 

When a horse is matched against time it shall be proper to 
allow any other horse to accompany him in the performance, 
but not to be harnessed or in any way attached to him, and 
unless stipulated to the contrary, he shall be allowed three 
trials, and the trials shall all be on the same day, with the 
same time between them as is allowed between heats, at similar 
distances, and there shall be no recall after the word is given. 
(60-1, 2) 

96. Withholding Premiums. 

If before a premium has been paid, the member shall receive 
any information tending in his judgment to establish that the 
entry was fraudulent or ineligible, they may withhold such 
premium without any formal protest, and if the eligibility of 
the horse is not established within three weeks he shall then 
l)e barred from winning unless the case be appealed or referred 
to the Board of Appeals. A premium withheld under this rule 
shall be sent to the Treasurer of the National Association 
awaiting the result of the investigation. (16-8) 

97. Premiums Wrongfully Obtained. 

Any person obtaining a purse or stake through fraud or error 
shall surrender or pay it to the National Association, upon 



TROTTING RULP:S. 31 

deinand by the member or President or Secretary of this Asso- 
ciation, or by order of the Board of Appeal if within one year, 
or he with all parties implicated in the wrong and the horse or 
horses, shall be suspended until such demand is complied with, 
and such purse or stake shall be awarded to the party enti- 
tled to the same. (13) 

98. Failure to Pay Premiums. 

Whenever it is made to appear to the President of the 
National Association upon complaint made, that a member has 
failed to pay premiums won, for more than ten days after the 
same are due, he shall order such member to be suspended 
until such premiums paid or deposited with the Treasurer of 
the National Association to be paid out by it. (Art. 7-'i) 

90. Finks. 
All persons who have been fined under these rules, unless 
they pay the same on. the day when imposed, shall be suspend-' 
ed until they are paid or deposited with the Treasurer of the 
National Association. All fines collected by members shall be 
reported and paid by them immediately to the National Asso- 
ciation. (49) Any member failing to report and make returns 
for fines collected shall be liable to a fiue to be imposed by the 
Board of Review. (Art. XVlI-1, 2) 

100. Suspension Defined. 
Whenever the penalty of suspension is prescribed in these 
rules, if applied to a horse it shall be constructed to mean, a 
disqualification during the time of suspension to compete in 
any race, and if to a person to mean a conditional withholding 
of all right or privileges to compete either directly or indirectly 
in any manner, or to make an entry, or to ride, drive, train 
or assist on the course and grounds of any member of the Asso- 
ciation, but this provision shall not be construeed to relieve 
any nominator of a horse so disqualified from the payment of 
the entry fee thus contracted, without any right to compete in 
the race, unless the suspension is removed or the claim involved 
therein is provided for in accordance with the rules and regula- 
tions, and provided fui-ther that no horse shall have the right 
to compete while owned or controlled wholly or in part by a 
suspended person, and that any suspended person who shall ride 
or drive in a race on the grounds of a member while the sus- 
pension remains in force and unprovided for, shall be fined not 
less than i$50 nor more than if 100 for eacli offense, one-half of 
such fine to go to the informant upon conviction and recovery. 
(51-1) The suspension or expulsion of a member of a member 
shall include the track occupied by such niember as its pro- 
perty. (Art. 11-:J) 



32 TROTTING RULES. 

101. Expulsion Defined. 

Whenever the penalty of expulsion is prescribed in these 
rules, it shall be construed to m«^.an unconditional exclusion 
and dis([ualification from any participation in the privileges 
and uses of the course and grounds of any member. (51-3) 

102. Limitations. 

If no limit is fixed in an order of suspension, and none is 
given in the rule applicable to the case, the penalty shall be 
considered as limited to the season in which the order was 
issued. (51-2) 

In case of the death of either the party or horse, all 
engagements except forfeits and matches made play or pay, 
including obligations for entrance fees, shall be void. (10) 
All suspensions imposed upon horses for the non-payment of 
entrance fees shall be barred by limitation, at the expiration of 
six years from the date of their imposition, as per the records 
of the Association ; but such release of a horse shall not 
operate as a release to the owner or person who was suspended 
with the horse. (51-7) 

After any member has been suspended or expelled, or has 
allowed its membership to expire, and has not been i-estored 
or renewed to membership for a period of three continuous 
years, the Board of Review may order that all unremoved 
suspensions for unpaid entrance dues imposed by such member, 
shall be cancelled on the records of this Association. (XI-2) 

103. Official Recokd. 

The Clerk of each course, shall record in the book suited for 
that purpose, a description of the dress and color worn by each 
rider or driver, and the weight carried (Vfll, 2) and also an 
account of their races in the form prescribed herein ; that is, 
first, horses entered, and the names of the riders or drivers, 
next, the starting horses and the positions assigned them, 
then a record of each heat, giving the position of each horse at 
the finish, then the official time of each heat, and, at the end, 
an official summary of the race, giving the drawn, distanced, 
and ruled out horses, and all protests, fines, penalties, and 
appeals, if there be any : which book shall be signed by the 
judges, and shall constitute the official record. (XIlI-3) 

104. Report of Races. 

It shall be the duty of each member to forward by niail, as 
registei-ed matter, to the Secretary of the National Association, 
within one week of Uie close of each meeting, the official 
record of the meeting or race, said record to contain an of- 



TROTTING RULES. a3 

iicial summary of each race had at such meeting, giving date, 
the amount or value of each purse, match or sweepstakes, the 
full terms and conditions of the race, the list of entries that 
were received, the positions of the horses in each heat, the 
drawn, distanced, and ruled out horses, the names of all per- 
sons and horses that have been fined, suspended or expelled, 
together with the amount of the fines, and terms of suspension, 
the official time of each heat, the names of the judges, and 
such notes and remarks as are necessary for the understanding 
of the whole. (XII-4-5) 

105. Notice of Suspensions and Expulsions. 

Whenever either of the penalties of suspension or expulsion 
has been imposed on any horse or person, on the grounds of 
any association or proprietor holding membership in said 
National Association, wi'itten or printed notice thereof shall 
immediately be forwarded to the Secretary of said Association, 
giving the name and residence of the person, and the color, 
sex, and name of the horse, and stating the offense and the 
character of punishment, who shall at once transmit the 
information to each associated course or member; and there- 
upon the offender thus punished shall suffer the same penalty 
and disqualification Mdth each and every association and pro- 
prietor holding membership in said National Association. 
When such notices of suspension relate to unpaid entrance 
dues the notice shall be accompanied by the original entry. 
And any member allowing their track to be used by an expelled 
man or horse after actual receipt of such notice, shall be sub- 
ject to a fine of not exceeding $100. 

103. Supervisors. 

The President may employ a trusty man, or men, to visit 
any trotting meeting or meetings to learn if the rules of the 
Association are properly observed, and to take the time of the 
horses in any heat or heats trotted or paced at such meeting. 
Such supervisor or supervisors shall have authority to inspect 
the records and the entries in possession of any member when 
so directed by the President. The report of such supervisor or 
supervisors as to said matters shall be received by the Board of 
Review as evidence in any investigation by tlie Board relating 
thereto. 

Any member or the judges of any member, or any party, 
thiis reported guilty of violating said Rules, shall be by the 
President reported to said Board. 

The power herein autliorized to be given to a supervisor, 
shall vest in each member of the Board of Appeals, by virtue 
of his office. [XIV] 



M TROTTING IIULES. 

REMEDIAL. 

lOS. Authority of District Boards. 

Each of the District Boards shall have jurisdiction on all 
questions of fraud or other matters relating to the turf, arising- 
in said district. (V^II, 8) 

109. Authority of Board of Review. 

The Board of Review shall possess the authority conferred 
upon, and may perforin any of the offices and duties which, 
under the By-Laws and Rules, devolve upon the Roard of 
Appeals. They shall hear all appeals from the decisions and 
rulings of the l)istrict Boards, and they may hear appeals from 
the decisions and rulings of the judges of any race, and of the 
several associate members, and they shall pass judgment in 
each case, from which there shall be no appeal. (VII, 9) 

The Board shall examine all evidence of fraud, or any other 
matter relating to the turf, that is brought before them, and 
shall take such measures to ascertain the truth or falsity of all 
charges as they shall deem necessary and proper, and they shall 
pass judgment in each case; and they shall have authority to 
tine, suspend, or expel any member who shall refuse or fail to 
obey the laws of the Association, or the orders of the Board; 
and any member failing to pay a fine so imposed may be sus- 
pended until such fine is paid : provided, that such fines shall 
not in any single case exceed $100. (VII,. 3) 

To tlie Board, through the Secretary, must be addressed in 
writing all charges against any member of this Association, or 
othei- comnmnications intended for their action. (VII, 2) . 

110, Penalties, Members may Remove. 

Appeals may be taken to the associate member in cases .of 
suspension imposed by order of the Judges of a rac^, or of an 
officer acting for tlie member, but members shall not remove 
or modify any fine imposed by the Judges of a race, nor review 
any order of expulsion. (52-1) (XVlI-1, 2) 

111. Compromise of Penalties. 

No change or compromise shall be made b}' the judges or 
member in the manner of punishment prescribed in these 
rules, but the same sliall be strictly enforced, but niend^ers may 
accept compromise settlements of suspended dues, and the 
penalties in such cases shall be reduced in proportion. (.50) 
No penalty of expulsion for fraud shall be removed or modi- 
fied after confirmation by the Board of Review, excej^t for erior, 
but expulsion for offenses not fraudulent may be so modified 
or removed. (51-1) 



TROTTING RULES. 35 



112. Right of Appeal. 



All decisions and rulings of the Judges of any race, and of 
the several associations and proprietors belonging to The 
National Trotting Association, may be appealed to the Board 
of Review or to a District Board in the proper district, and 
shall be subject to review by such Board, upon facts and ques- 
tions involving the proper interpretation and application of 
these rules : provided, that parties to be affected thereby shall 
be notified as the Board shall direct, of a time and place when 
such appeal will be acted on, ^iwd provided further, if the appeal 
relate to the decision of a race, immediate notice shall have 
been given to the Judges of the race, of the intention so to 
appeal. (52-2) ^ 

llo. Burden of Proof. 

On an appeal to the Board of Review for removal of expul- 
sion, the burden of 'proof shall be on the appellant. (51-4) \ 

114. Fees on Appeal. 

All petitions, appeals, or applications to be considered by 
either District Board, shall be lodged with the Secretary of 
this Association, and shall be accompanied by a payment of 
f 10 for costs, the costs to go to the National Association ; but 
no costs shall be charged for supplemental proceedings in the 
same matter. Neither shall any costs be charged for appeals 
to, or other proceedings before, the Board of Review. (VlI-18) 

115. Temporary Reinstatement. 

Any person who shall appeal from any order suspending him 
or his horse for non-payment of entrance money or a fine, may 
deposit the amount claimed with the Treasurer of the Nation- 
al Association, who may thereupon issue a certificate or notice, 
through the Secretary, temporarily reinstating or relieving the 
party and his horse from such penalty, subject to the final 
action of the Board of Appeals, and any person who shall make 
deposit under this rule, or under protest, shall file with the 
Secretary of this Association, within sixty days thereafter, a 
sworn statement of the grounds of appeal or protest, in the 
absence of which the appeal shall be regarded as, and become 
void, and the deposit may be administered as a payment appli- 
cable to the claim involved. (52-3) 

116. Deposits to Relieve Suspension. 

In any case of deposit with any member of this Association 
for account of any claim of another member, or on account of 
any claim of which notice has been furnished from the office of 
this Association, the deposit shall be forwarded within one 



36 TROTTIXG RULES. 

week after the close of the meeting, to the office of this Asso- 
ciation,* for custody of its treasurer, pending appropriate action 
thereon ; and it shall be the duty of the member receiving any 
such deposit to notify the Secretary of this association of the 
same, by telegraph when possible, otherwise by mail, within 
forty-eight hours from the receipt of such deposit ; such deposit 
shall immediately relieve the suspended person and horse from 
said suspension. The officer receiving such deposit shall give 
therefor a duplicate receipt, one of which the depositor shall 
send by mail to the Secretary of this Association, and the other 
shall upon presentation to any other member, be conclusive 
evidence that the suspension mentioned therein has been re- 
moved. If the member fails to forward such deposit to the 
National Association, as required herein, the said member, the 
track or all of its officers, shall be suspended until the amount 
is accounted for, together with a penalty of 25 per cent, thereon ; 
and said suspended track shall not be eligible to membership 
under any organization while said suspension continues. (52-4) 

117. Re-hearings. 

Re-hearings may be granted by each District Board, for 
causes which such Board shall deem sufficient, in any matter 
upon which said District Board has acted, and in such cases 
new evidence may be introduced ; but in appeals to the Board 
of Review, no new evidence shall be introduced. And in such 
■appeals, the parties may file briefs, and may be heard by argu- 
ment in writing, and when*so heard, the papers in the case 
may be submitted by order of the President to the several 
members of the Board, for their action, without requiring them 
to assemble at a special meeting. In any such case, if a tie 
shall occur in the vote or decision of the members, the Presi- 
■dent or one of the Vice-Presidents shall cast the deciding vote. 
<VII, 14) 



RUNNING RULES, 



AMERICAN RACING RULES. 

The fljrures in brackets at the close of a paragraph refer to the American 
Hacing Kule upon the same subje.ct. 

DEFINITIONS. 

1. Horse. 
"Horse" includes mare or gelding. (1) 

2. Maidens. 

A "maiden" horse is one that has never won a race in any 
country. Conditions referring to maidens shall mean maidens 
at the time of the start, unless otherwise specified. (3) 

3. Purse. 

A "purse" is a sum of money or other price offered for a 
race. (5) 

4. Sweepstakes or Stake. 

A "sweepstakes" is a race, publicly declared open to all com- 
plying with its conditions for which the price is the sura of the 
stakes which the subscribers agree to pay for each horse nomi- 
nated ; and if an additional sum of money, cup, plate, or other 
reward is offered to the winner, the race is still a sweepstakes, 
whatever may be the name given to such addition. Three 
subscribers, unless otherwise stipulated in its conditions, make 
a sweepstakes, and the race is not void, so long as there is a 
horse qualified to start. (6) 

5. Private Sweepstakes or Match. 

A "private sweepstakes," or "match," is one to M'hich no 
money is added, and which is not publicly advertised previous 
to the engagement being made. (7) 

6. Handicap. 

A "handicap" is a race for which the horses are weighted 
according to their merits in the estimation of the handicapper 
for the purpose of equalizing their chances of winning. (8) 

7. Free Handicap. 

A "free handicap" is one in which no liability is incurred 
for entrance money, stake, or forfeit, until acceptance of the 
weight allotted, either by direct acceptance or through omission 
to declare out. (9) 



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RUNNING RULES. 39 

8. Post Race. 

A "post race" is one for which the subscribers declare at the 
usual time before a race for declaring to start, the horse or 
horses they intend to run, without other limitation of choice 
than the rules of racing and the conditions of the race pre- 
scribe. (9) 

9. Produce Race. 

A "produce race" is one for which horses are named by 
whose produce the race is to be run. (11) 

10. How TO Enter in Produce Races. 

The produce is entered by entering the dam and sire or sires. 

If a mare entered in a produce race drops her foal before the 
1st of January, or if she has a dead or more than one foal, or 
is barren, the entry of such mare is void, and the entrance 
money (if any) is returned. (12) 

11. Walk-Over. 

A "walk-over" is when two horses in entirely different inter- 
ests do not run for a race or stake. 

(a) — Walk-over by any horse entitles him to only one-half 
of the added money in stakes. 

(6) — In purse races, two or more horses in entirely different 
interest must enter and start, or no race. (13) 

12. Conditions Supersede Rules. 

The express conditions of a race supersede the rules of racing 
when they conflict. [14] • 

13. Allowances Must be Claimed. 

Allowances must be claimed at the time of entrj^ except 
when otherwise specified. [18] 

11. When Purse Entries Close. 

No condition or notice interposing, entries for purse races 
are to be made at the office of the Clerk of the Course, at the 
course, by 4 o'clock p. m. of the day previous to the race, or if 
there be races at the course on that day, within thirty minutes 
after the last race. [19] 

15. Entrance Money Paid at Time of Entry. 

The entrance money to a purse [unless otherwise stipulated 
in its conditions] shall be three per cent, on the whole amount 
•thereof, and must accompany the entry, except for free handi- 
caps, when it must be paid at tlie time of acceptance of the 
weight allotted. [19-A] 



40 RUNNING RULES. 

16. Horse Must Start if not Declared. 

Every horse entered for a purse must start, unless he should 
Ibe declared out to the Clerk of the Course by 12 o'clock [noon j 
the day of the race. [19-C] 

17. One Declared All Declared. 

When a party having more than one horse entered in a purse^ 
shall declare one out, he thereby declares all out. [19-D] 

18. Five per cent. Declarations. 

Where no entrance fee is required, the declaration must be 
accompanied by five [5] per cent, of the whole amount of the 
purse. [19-E] 

19. Deduction for Entrance Paid. 

If entrance fee has been paid, it shall be deducted from the 
declaration fee. [19-G] 

20. Division of Declaration Fees. 

All Declaration fees shall go : 60 per cent, to second horse, 
and 40 per cent, to third horse, or all to second horse if there 
be but two rtarters. [19-11] 

20. Entries to Sweepstakes. 

If an hour for closing be not detignated, entries for sw^eep- 
stakes may be mailed up to midnight of the day of the closing, 
provided tliey are received in time for compliance with every 
other condition of the race. (22) 

21. Subscriptions are Transferale. 

A person who subscribes to a sweepstakes before the time 
fixed for naming can transfer the right of entry under any one 
or more of his subscriptions to any person or persons. (oO) 

22. Subscription or Entry not Revocable. 

A subscription can not be withdrawn, but an entry of a 
horse under a subscription may, before the time of closing, be 
altered by substituting another horse. (35) 

23. Death of a Subscriber. 
Subscriptions and all entries or rights of entry under them 
shall not become void on the death of the subscriber. 
If either party to a match die, the match is off. (33) 

24. Death or mistake in Entry. 
The death of a horse or a mistake in the entry of a horse, 
when eligible, does not release the subscriber or transferee 
from liability for a stake or forfeit. (34) 



RUNNING RULES. 



41 



25. Entries not Void by Death. 

Entries in purses are not void by death of the nominator. [34] 

26. Entrance Money not Returnable. 

Entrance money for a purse is not returned on the death of 
a horse, or his failure to start for any cause whatever. [36] 

27. WEIGHTS TO BE CARRIED. 

The following weights shall be carried when not otherwise 
specified in the conditions of a race : 

SCALE OF WEIGHT FOR ACE. 



























Nov. 


DISTANCE 


AGE 


Jan. 


FEB. 


Mar 


Apr 


May 


June 


July 


AUC, 


Sept 


Oct. 


AND 

Dec- 




(2 years 
, 3 " 

1 4 " 


70 


73 


76 


78 


80 


82 


85 


89 


92 


95 


95 


Half Mile 


100 


102 


103 


105 


106 


107 


109 


111 


112 


113 


113 




112 


113 


115 


117 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 




L5 & aged 


116 


117 


119 


120 


121 


120 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 




f2 years 


70 


73 


75 


76 


76 


77 


85 


94 


97 


100 


100 


Three-quarters 


J 3 '' 


100 


103 


105 


lOH 


106 


107 


10:t 


111 


112 


113 


113 


Mile.. 


14 " 
1,5 & aged 


115 
118 


115 
118 


116 
119 


117 
120 


118 
120 


118 
120 


118 
120 


118 
118 


118 
118 


118 
118 


118 




118 




(2 years 

J 3 '' 


70 


73 


74 


75 


75 


75 


80 


87 


92 


95 


10) 




100 


100 


102 


102 


102 


103 


105 


107 


108 


109 


109 


One Mile 


4 " 
L5 & aged 


115 


115 


116 


117 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 




120 


120 


120 


121 


122 


122 


120 


120 


118 


118 


118 




{2 years 


1 
1 














75 


78 


78 




3 " 


100 100 


100 


100 


100 


101 


103 


105 


106 


107 


107 


One Mile and a 


J 4 " 
.5 " 


116 116 


116 


117 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


Halt 


120| 120 


121 


122 


123 


122 


121 


120 


120 


120 


120 




1,6 " 


121 


121 


122 


123 


124 


123 


122 


121 


120 


120 


120 




(2 vears 




















75 


75 




3 '' 


95 


95 


96 


97 


98 


99 


101 


108 


104 


105 


105 


Two Miles 


J 4 " 
5 " 
[6 & aged 


115 
121 


115 
121 


116 

122 


117 
123 


118 
124 


118 
123 


118 

122 


118 
121 


118 
120 


118 
120 


118 




120 




122 


122 


123 


124 


125 


124 


123 


122 


121 


120 


120 




(3 years 


94 


94 


95 


96 


97 


98 


100 


102 


103 


104 


104 


Two Miles and a 


J 4 " 


115 


115 


116 


117 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


Half 


15 '' 


122 


122 


123 


124 


125 


124 


123 


122 


121 


120 


120 




16 - 


123 


123 


124 


125 


126 


125 


124 


123 


122 


121 


121 




[3 years 


90 


93 


94 


95 


96 


97 


89 


101 


102 


103 


103 


Three Miles 


14 - 


114 


115 


116 


117 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 




6 " 


121 


122 


123 


124 


126 


125 


124 


123 


122 


121 


121 




.6 & aged 


123 


124 


125 


126 


127 


126 


125 


124 


123 


122 


122 




3 years 

4 " 


90 


92 


93 


94 


95 


96 


98 


100 


101, 


102 


102 


Four Miles 


114 


115 


116 


117 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 


118 




|5 " 


122 


123 


124 


125 


127 


126 


125 


124 


123 


122 


122 




1,6 & aged 


123 


124 


125 


127 


128 


127 


126 


125 


124 


123 


123 



In races of intermediate lengths the weights for the shorter distances 
are to be carried. 



42 RUNNING RULES. 

28. WKicacTS Exclusively for Two-Ykau-Olds. 

Ill all races exclusively for two-year-olds, the following- scale 
of weights shall be adopted : From January 1st to May 1st the 
\Tei<' lit shall be 110 lbs. From May 1st to December 31st the 
weight shall be 115 lbs. 

[No money shall be added to anv race exclusively for two- 
year-olds carrying 115 lbs., longer than a mile]. [45] 

2JI. Weights Exclusively for Three-Year Olds. 
In all races exclusively for three-year-olds, the following scale 
of weights sliall be adopted : From January 1st to May 1st the 
weigh shall be 112 lbs. From ]May 1st to December 81st, shall 
be flB lbs. [40] 

30. Sex Allowances. 
Except iu. handicaps, and in races M'here the weights are fixed 
absolutely in the conditions, fillies two years old, and geldings 
of all ages, shallbe allowed 3 lbs., and mares three years old 
and upward shall be allowed 5 lbs., before the first of Septem- 
ber, and 3 lbs. afterward. [47] 

31. Miscellaneous. 

There shall be no race given for horses three years old and 
upward, after the first of July, less than six furlongs. 

In all heat races there shall be an allowance of 5 lbs. from 
the scale of weights. 

Light welter weights, 28 lbs. added to weight for age. 

Heavy welter weights, 40 lbs. added to weight for age. 

Feather weights, 75 lbs. 

Welter weights shall be 28 lbs., added to weight for age, and 
in the absence of conditions, shall be tlie weights lor steeple- 
chases and hurdle races. [47-A] 

32. Weighing Out and Overweight. 

Every jockey who is to ride iu the race shall weigh at the 
usual place, unless especially excused by the Judges, or his 
horse shall be disqualified. 

If a jockey intends to carry overweight, exceeding by more 
than two pounds the weight at which his horse is to run, he 
must declare the amount of such overweight to the Clerk of 
the Scales not later than 45 minutes before the time appointed 
for the race ; and tbe Clerk shall announce or exhibit, in some 
public manner, the amount of such overweight, with the name 
or number of the horse. 

A horse shall not be qualified to run in a race with more than 
5 Us. overweight. 

If a liorse carry more than two pounds, which has not been 



RUNNING RULES. 43 

duly declared, or more Ihaii 5 pounds overweight, he is disqual- 
ified. 

A horse shall not be qualified to start in a race in ordinary 
or training shoes ; if any person starts a horse in slioer, he and 
the horse may be ruled off. Bar plates may be used by consent 
of the Judges. [48] 

33. The Positions for a Start. 

The starter may place vicious or unruly horses where they 
can not injure others. 

A horse in the hands of the starter shall receive no further 
care from his attendants. [.52] 

34. Running. 

The horse must be started by the jockey. With the sanction 
of the starter, he may be led to his position. The jockey must 
not dismount except to set right insecure equipments. 

If an accident happens to a rider or his equipments, except 
while repeating heats, the starter may grant a delay not exceed- 
ing fifteen minutes which in extreme cases may be extended 
by the judges. 

During such delay the other jockeys may dismount and their 
horses be given up to their attendants. 

The horses shall be started by a drum or flag. When the 
starter has started the horses by tap of drum or by the dropping 
the flag, there shall be no recall. 

The starter may give all such orders and take all such meas- 
ures as are necessary to secure a fair start, and in particular 
may order the horses to draw up in a line, as far behind the 
starting post as he thinks necessary. 

If the starter allows a start to take place in front of the 
starting post, the start is void, and the horses must be started 
again. 

35. Of Aids. 

No person other than the rider shall be permitted to strike a 
horse, or attempt by shouting or otherwise, to assist a horse in 
getting a start, or increase his speed in running any race. 
Nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for 
the rider, under a penalty of exclusion from the course for 
either offense ; and if such person shall be the owner, trainer, 
or attendant of such horse, or instigated to the act by either 
of the said persons, such horse shall be disqualified. (53) 

36. When a Race is to be Run Over. 

If a race has been run by all the horses at wrong weights, 
or at a less distance, or when a Judge is not in the stand, it 



44 RUNNIXG RULES. 

shall bfe run again at such time as the officers appoint, but at 
an interval of not less than twenty minutes, if the distance to 
be run is two miles or less, or more than thirty minutes if over 
two miles. (54) 

37. Crossing or JOstlixg ix the Race. 

A leading horse is entitled to any part of the course, but if 
he swerve to either side so as to compel another horse to shorten 
his stride and to impede him, it is a cross. 

A horse which crosses or jostles another so as to im- 
pede him is disqualified, whether the cross or jostle happened 
through the willful or careless riding of the jockey or the 
swerving of the horse, unless the Judges think that the cross 
or jostle was wholly caused by the fault of some other horse 
or jockey, or that the other horse or his jockey was partly in 
fault. 

A horse may be disqualified if his jockey strikes another 
horse or jockey, and shall be disqualified if he rides either 
willfully or carelessly, so as to injure another horse, which is 
in no way in fault. (55) 

38. Extent of Disqualificatiox. 

When a horse is disqualified under these rules, every horse 
in the race belonging wliolly or in part to the same owner is 
also disqualified. (56) 

39. Pexalty for Foul Riding. 

If the Judges are satisfied that the riding of any race was 
intentionally foul, or that the jockey w^as instructed or in- 
duced so to ride, all persons guilty of complicity in the offense 
shall be ruled off the course. 

Anv one ruled off for a clear case of fraud shall be ruled off 
for life. (58) 

40. Complaixts. 

The Judges must take notice of acts of foul riding or other 
questionable transactions on the turf. Complaints under this 
rule can be received from the owner, trainer, or jockey of the 
horse alleged to be effected, and must be made to the Judges 
either before or immediately after the jockeys in the race have 
passed the scales. Complaints can be made by any person ; 
but on the failure of the complainant to substantiate the 
charge, the Judges may rule him off". (59) 

41. Horse Bolting. 

If a horse leaves the course, he must turn back and run the 
course from the point at which he left it. (60) 



RUNNING RULES. 45 

42. Rider Falling. 

If a rider falls, and another person of sufficient weight ride 
the horse in from the spot where the rider fell, the horse shall 
not be disqualified for overweight. (61) 

43. WEIGHING IN. 

Every jockey must, immediately after pulling up, ride his 
horse to the place of weighing, and there dismount, after ob- 
taining permission of the Judge, and be weighed by the Clerk 
of the Scales ; provided that if a jockey be prevented from 
riding to the place of weighing by reason of accident or illness, 
by which he or his horse is disabled, he may walk or be 
carried to the scales. 

If a jockey does not weigh in, or is short of weight, or is 
guilty of any fraudulent practice with respect to weight or 
weighing, or dismounts before obtaining permission, or touches 
(except accidently) any person or thing other than his own 
equipments before weighing in, his horse may be disqualified, 
and he may be fined or suspended unless he can satisfy the 
Judges that he was justified by extraordinary circumstances. 

No one shall assist the jockey in taking his equipments off 
his horse except by permission of the Judges. 

It is optional for a jockey to weigh out or in with his bridle, 
and the Clerk of the Scales shall allow one pound for a curb 
or double bridle, but no weight shall be allowed for a snaffle 
bridle unless it is put into the scales before the horse is led 
away, and no whip or substitute for a whip shall be allowed in 
the scales. Jockey whips shall not exceed one pound in weight. 

If a horse run in a hood, blinkers, or clothing, it must be in- 
cluded in the jockey's weight. 

Horses not bringing in their weight out, or within two 
pounds of it, shall be disqualified ; but the Judges shall make 
allowance for overplus occasioned by rain or mud. (63) 

44. HEAT RACES. 

No person shall start more than one horse, of which he is 
wholly or in part the owner, in a race of heats. (63) 

45. When a Horse is Distanced. 

All horses whose heads have not reached the distance post 
as soon as the leading horse arrives at the winning post are 
distanced, but as proof of the fact the distance Judge must 
have dropped his flag in answer to the Judge's flag. (64) 



46 RUNNING RULES. 

46. A Distance. 

In heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty-five yards shall 
be a distance. 

In heats of one mile, thirty yards shall be a distance. 

In heats of two miles, fifty yards shall be a distance. 

In heats of three miles, sixty yards shall be a distance. 

In heats of four miles, seventy yards shall be a distance. (65) 

47. Time Between Heats. 

The time between heats shall be — 

In heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty minutes. 

In heats of one mile, twenty minutes. 

In heats of two miles, twenty-five minutes. 

In heats of three miles, thirty-five minutes. 

In heats of four miles, forty minutes. (66) 

48. How^ Heat Races are Won. 

In a race of heats, best tw^o in three, a horse that actually 
wins two heats, or distances the field, wins the race. A horse 
running in two consecutive heats, without winning or running 
a dead heat, can not again start in the race. A dead heat is a 
heat against every horse in the race except those making it, 
and in their favor to the extent only of allowing them to start 
in the next tw^o heats, unless the race is decided, or they are 
distanced in the next two ensuing heats. When a race is won 
by two heats, the preference of the horses is determined by the 
place they get in the second. If more than two heats are run, 
the horses starting for the deciding heat shall alone be 
placed. 

In a race of heats, best three in five, a horse that actually 
wins three heats or distances the field, wins the race. A horse 
running in any three consecutive heats, without winning or 
running a dead heat, cannot again start in the race. A dead 
heat is a heat against every horse in the race except those 
making it, and in their favor to the extent only of allowing 
them to start in three heats, unless the race is decided or they 
are distanced the next three ensuing heats. When a race is 
w^on by three heats, the preference of the horses is determined 
by the places they get in the third heat. If more tliau three 
heats are run, the horses starting for the deciding heat shall 
alone be placed. 

Horses started and drawn before a race of heats is won, are 
held to be distanced. 

Horses shall be placed in the race in the position in which 
they passed the Judges in the deciding heat. A horse not 



RUNNING RULES. 47 

placed in a deciding heat can have no place in the race; nor 
can such horse have any portion of the purse or prize ; pro- 
vided there is no tliird money, in which case the third horse 
in the race of heats shall not be deprived of third money. if 
ruled out for not winning a heat in two, three or more heats, 
as the case may be. (07) 

49. The Deciding Heat. 

The deciding heat of a race is one in which two or more 
heats have been run, and that determines tlie result, by the 
starters for that particular heat, in which there shall be no 
distance. 

(rt) If any person draw or sell his horse (if by the sale the 
horse be drawn) during the pendency of a race of heats, with- 
out permission of the Judges, he shall be ruled of the course. 
(68) 

50. DEAD HEATS. 

In races not of heats, a dead heat for the first place shall 
be run off after the last flat race of the day, unless the .Judges 
otherwise appoint, but at an interval of not less than twenty- 
minutes. 

The other horses shall bs deemed to have been beaten, but 
they shall be entitled to their places (if any) as if the race had 
been finally determined the first. (69) 

51. For Second on Low^eu Place. 

If a dead heat be run by two or more horses for second or 
any lower place in a race, the owners shall divide, subject to ■ 
the rules applicable to objections, when the winner is objected 
to; and if they cannot agree as to which of them is to have 
a cup or other prize, which cannot be divided, they shall draw 
lots for it. (70) 

.52. How AND AVhen Owners Divide. 

When owners divide, they shall divide equally all the moneys 
and other prizes, which any of them could take, if the dead 
heats were run oft"; but owners can not divide in a race of 
lieats, or in a race where any of the horses are to be sold, or. in 
any race where divisions would conflict with a»)y of its con- 
ditioys. 

Horses running a dead heat for a race or place shall be 
deemed winners of the race or place until the dead heat is run 
oft', or the owners agree to divide, and if the owners agree to 
divide, each horse which divides shall be deemed a winner of 
the race or place for which he divides. (71) 



48 RUNNING RULES. 

5'3. Judges' Determinatiox Subject to Objection. 

The determination of the Judges declaring a horse to have 
won, or to be entitled to a place, shall be final, unless some 
objection is made and allowed on the ground of of disqualifi- 
cation, provided that this rule shall not prevent the Judges 
from correcting any mistake. (72) 

54. Objection Before Race. 

If an objection to a horse engaged in a race be made not 
later than eleven o'clock on the morning of the day of the race, 
the officers may require his qualification to be proved before 
the race, and in default of such proof being given to their satis- 
faction, they may declare him disqualified. (74) 

55. Effects of Objection if Valid. 

If an objection to a horse which has won or been placed in a 
race be declared valid, the horse shall be regarded as distanced 
in races of heats, and as last in other races, and the other 
horses shall take their places accordingly. (78) 

56. In Case of Dead Heat for Second Place. 

When a dead heat is run for second place and an objection 
is made to the winner of the race, if such objection be de- 
clared valid in time for the dead heat to be run off on the day of 
the race, the Judges may direct it to be run off' accordingly. 
Otherwise the horses which ran a dead heat shall divide and 
draw lots for an indivisable prize, and each horse which divides 
shall be liable to the penalties attaching to a winner of that 
race. 

Every objection which cannot be decided by the Judges or 
officers during the meeting, must be made in writing and 
lodged with the Clerk of the Course. 

An objection made in writing can not be withdrawn without 
leave of the Officers of the Association. 

All costs and expenses in relation to determining an objec- 
tion shall be paid by the person decided against. (79) 

57. Effect of Pending Objection. 

Pending the determination of an objection, any money or 
prize which the horse objected to may have won, or may win 
in the race shall be withheld until the objection is determined, 
and any forfeit payable by the owner of any other horse shall 
))e paid to the ('lerk of the Course, and held for the person 
who may be determined to be entitled to it. 

When any race is in dispute, both the horse which came in 
first and any horse claiming the race, shall be liable to all the 



RUNNING RULES. 49 

penalties attaching to the winner of that race until the matter 
is decided. (80) 

58. Judges may Order Examination and Call for 
Proofs of Age of Horses. 

The Judges shall have power at any time, and either upon 
or without objection made, to order an examinijtion by such 
person or persons as they think fit, of the mouth of any horse 
entered for a race or which has run for a race, and shall with- 
hold any money the horse or his owner may have won until 
such examination is made. 

If the horse be declared to be of the wrong age, the expense 
of such examination shall be paid by the owner. Otherwise 
it shall be paid by the person (if any) at whose request the 
examination is ordered, or by the Association, as the Judges 
direct. (81) 

59. Ownership of Horse. 

The officers of the Association shall also have power to call 
on any person in whose name a horse is entered to produce 
proof that the horse entered is not the property either wholly 
or in part of any person who owes forfeit or otherwise dis- 
qualified, or to produce proof of the extent of his interest or 
property in the horse, and in default of such proof being given 
to their satisfaction they may declare the horse disqualified. 
(82) 

60. WHEN MEETING ENDS. 

In any other case an objection shall be made before the con- 
clusion of the meeting, which is deemed to conclude one hour 
after the last race on the last day. (88) 

61. PENALTIES AND ALLOWANCES. 

In all stake races exclusively for two and three-year olds no 
penalty should exceed five pounds. 

Penalties and allowances are not camulative, unless so de- 
clared by the conditions of the race. 

No horse shall receive allowance of weight, or be relieved 
from extra weight, for having been beaten in one or more 
races; provided that this rule shall not prohibit maiden allow- 
ances. 

Allowances and extra weights shall not be allowed or in- 
curred in respect of matches or private sweepstakes. 

Where winners of selling races are exempted from penalties, 
only such horses as have run to be sold shall be entitled to the 
allowance. (92) 



50 KUNNING RULES. 

62. Allowances in Puoduce Races. 

Allowances to the produce of untried horses extends only to 
the produce of horses whose produce in any country have not 
ceased to be maidens up to the day previous to that fixed for 
claiming allowances, and any such allowance shall be claimed 
before the expiration of the time for naming, and shall not be 
lost by winning after that time. (98) 

63. As TO Steeplechases and Hurdle Races. 

Winners or losers of steeplechases or hurdle races are not 
considered winners or losers in flat racing. (94) 

OMISSIONS. 

64. Sunday Omitted in Computing Time. 

When the last day for doing anything m relation to a race 
falls on Sunday, it may be done on the following Monday, 
unless the race to which such act relates is appointed for that 
day, in which case it must be done on the previous Saturday. 
(95) 

65. Omission of Weight. 

When a match or sweepstakes is made and no weight 
mentioned, the horse shall carry the weights specified in the 
scale of weights. (96) 

66. Omissions of Distance. 

When a match or sweepstakes is made and no distance 
mentioned, the distance shall be as follows: 

If two years old, six furlongs. 

If three years old, one mile and a half. 

If four years old, two miles. 

If five years old or upward, three miles. 

And if the horses be of different ages, the distance shall be 
fixed by the age of the youngest. (97) 

67. Omissions of Day. 

If the meeting be specified and no day mentioned for a race, 
it shall be on any day in that meeting the Association appoint; 
if neither day nor meeting be mentioned, then it shall be run 
during the meeting in progress, or during the next meeting, 
should tlie race be made between meetings — in both cases on 
the day the Association may appoint. (98) 



RUNNING RULES. 



51 



68. FOREIGN HORSES. 

A horse foaled out of the United States shall not be qualified 
to start for any race until his owner has produced a certificate 
stating the age, pedigree, and color of the horse, and any mark 
by which it may be distinguished, signed by the Secretary or 
other officer of some approved racing club, or by some appoved 
magistrate or public officer of the country in which the horse 
M'^as foaled, or has produced other evidence of identity and age 
satisfactory to the Association. (99; 

69. DRESS OF JOCKEYS. 

Number and Record of Colors. 

All riders must be dressed in jockey costume — cap and jacket 
of silk or satin, white or light colored breeches and top boots. 

Each jockey shall wear a number on his arm corresponding- 
with the number on the program of the day. 

The colors selected by owners may be recorded with the 
Clerk of the Course, and when thus recorded shall not be used 
by others except in case of death or withdrawal from the turf 
for five years. 

A list of colors that have been recorded shall be posted in 
the office of the Clerk of the Course. (100) 




INDEX TO TROTTING RULES, 



RULK 

ACCIDENTS, time allowed in case of 71 

Weights, in case of 46 

ADDRESS, must be givfen in entry 16 

AGE OF HORSE,how reckoned.." 3 

ANNOUNCEMENT OF HEATS, required 84 

ANSWER OF PROTEST 39 

APPEAL, when allowed 112 

Fees in case of 114 

AUTHORITY OF JUDGES 51 

BAR, when time is 77 78 81 

When time is not. 82 

BELL, rung at expiration of time between heats 36 

Rung before each race 52 

BETS, when mav be declared off 48 53 

BOARD OF REVIEW 109 

BREAKING, horses must be pulled to gait 60 

Gains in , 61 

Repeated breaking 62 

€LERK OF COURSE, selection of 33 

Duties of 36 

Keeping official record. 103 

COLLISION AND BBEAK .DOWN 72 

■COLOR of animal given with entry, 16 

COLORS AND DRESS 51 

COLTS AND FILLIES, no discrimination in 12 

■COMPLAINTS, by riders or drivers 67 

COMPROMISE of i)enalties Ill 

•CONDITIONAL ENTRIES 25 

CONDITIONS OF RACES, no deviation from 7 

Collusion in varving, punished 28 

CONDUCT ON TllACK 63 

DAM, name to be given with entry 16 

DARKNESS, no trotting in 89 

DEAD HEATS, positions 87 

Time in 78 

DEATH OF HORSE, effect of 25 

DESCRIPTION, required 16 

DECORUM. 54 63 

DEPOSITS, for temporary reinstatement. 115 

i)lS(;UisiN'G HORSE, punished. 29 

DISMOUNTING 66 

DISQUALIFICATION 17 

DISTANCED HORSES rank of 92 

DISTANCES, not si)ecirK'd 5 

When horses are distanced 73 74 



INDEX. 53- 

When no distance 76- 

Waived, when 59 78 

DISTANCE JUDGES, a selection of 33 34 

To report improper conduct 74 

DISTANCE STAND, distance from post 73- 

DISTIilCT BOARDS, authority 108 

DOSING HORSE 70 

DOUBLE TEAMS, how entered 20 

DRAWING, for position 55 

Of horses, notice to be given. 37 

DRESS AND COLORS. 51 

DRIVERS, complaints by 67 

When substituted 68. 

Dismounting- 66 

Conduct of, on track 63 

ELIGIBILITY, starting? but one horse 11 

All colts and fillies alike eligible 12 

Time disqualification. 13 

Who eligible as judges 35- 

Of horses after being (Jrawn 37 

ENGAGEMENTS, sale of horse with.. 8 

Void in case of death... 25 

ENTRANCE FEES, ten per cent, of purse 24 

When to be paid.... 26 

Liabilities for nonpayment of 27 

Forfeiture for refusal to answer protest 39' 

ENTRIES, how made 15 

How many required 31 

Hour of closing 14 

What to contain 16 

Double teams 20 

When must be received 23 

When horse's name has been changed 17 

Fraudulent, how punished 29 30 

List of, prepared, and when published 32 

May be rejected, when , 19 26 

For disqualified owner 22 

Entries that cannot start 11 

ERRORS, in recalling horses after word 59 

In awarding purses 97 

EXPULSION, for improper driving 68 

For intentional collison 72 

Defined 101 

Limitation of 102 

Appeal from order of 112 

FAILURE, to pay premiums 98 

To appear promptly on call of horses , 52 

FALSE PROTEST, punished 42 

FALSE NAME IN ENTRY 21 

FEE. liability for 25 

When to be paid 26 

Suspension for nonpayment ; 27 

In cases of appeal 114 

FILLED RACE, what is 31 

FINES, payable to National Ass'n 99 

Appeals from decisions imposing 112 

FORFEITS in case of death of horse 25 

FOULS, complaints of before dismounting 67 

Defined 70 

FOUL DRIVING 70 

FRAUDS 69,70 

Intentional collisons 72 

FRAUDULENT ENTRY, how punished 29 

GREEN HORSE, defined 2 

"GO AS THEY PLEASE" 7 

HANDICAPS, weights in 47 



54 INDEX. 

HEARINGS, on appeals 109 

HEATS, time between 85 

Positions of horses in 87 

When character not specilied 5 

Announcement of 84 

HOLDING BACK, how punished 56 

HOMESTKETCH, positions on 64 

HOKSES, age of, how determined 3 

Shall have a name 1 

Names changed, how 17 

How drawn from race 37 

Must appear promptly 52 

. How placed 87 

Distanchig field concludes race 74 

" "• purse for 90 

Must be eligible when entries close 13 

HORSES BREAKING, how treated 60 61 62 

IDENTIFICATION MARKS, given with entry 16 

IDENTITY, concealment of 29 

Of nominator to be established 53 

IMPltOFER DRIVING 68 

IMPROPER LANGUAGE 54 

INTERFERING, to prevent horse passing 64 

IRREGULAR EACES, time taken m 81 

JUDGES OF RACE, number of 34 

How selected 34 

Eligibility of persons 35 

Authority of 51 

Duties as to weighing 44 47 48 

To draw for position of horses 55 

Calling out breaks 62 

Duty as to frauds and fouls 70 

Must announce time and heats 84 

JUDGES' STAND 50 

KEEPING POSITIONS 63 

I.EADING HORSE, entitled to track 63 

LENGTH OF WHIP 49 

LIMITATIO ^S. as to penalties 102 

LIST OF ENTHIES, prepared and published, when 32 

LOUD SHOUTING 69 

MANDATE 1 

MAIL, entries by 23 

MATCHES, against time 95 

MATCH RACE, governed how 9 

Weights in 44 

MEMBERS, subject to penalties 41 88 98 100 

May remove penalties 110 

MISTAKES, in weights 46 

NAME, horses must have 1 

How changed 17 

Giving false name in entry 21 

Names mt allowed .* 18 

NOMINATIONS, how made 16 

NOiiCES, how given to membei's 105 

To horses before startnig 52 85 

OATH, for answer of protest 39 

OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE, punished 54 

OFFICERS OF COURSE, who comprise 33 

Selection of 34 

Who eligible 35 

OFFICIAL TIME 77 

OFFICIAL RECORD 103 

OVERWEIGHTS 48 

PAINTING HORSE, how punished 29 

PASSING TO THE LEKf 57 

PATROL JUDGES, how api)ointed 34 



INDEX. 55 

To report imoroper coiHluct 75 

rAYi\lENT()F PKEIVIIUMS 9S 

PEDIGREE. r<-c|uired with entrv 16 

Penalty if false 19 

PENALTIES, no comproniise of Ill 

Kemoval bv nienibei's 110 

PLACING HOUSES 91 

*'PJ.AY OK PAY," when race becomes 10 

Fees in case of rleath 25 

POLE HOKSE, selected to score by 56 

POOLS AND BETS, off. when, 53 

POSITIONS, on track, and altering 63 

On home stretch 64 

In he^'ts 87 

POSTPONEMENTS 43 

PREMIUMS, payments of 98 

Retained wheii horse protested 40 96 

To rnled out horses 93 

To horse distancing tield 90 

Wrongfully obtained 95 

Failure to pay 97 

PROTESTS, how made 38 

Answer of, and form of 39 

False, how punished 42 

No distance when 76 

Withdrawal of, when idlowed 41 

Going under protest 40 

PUBLIC RACE, what is 4 

PULLING, prohibited 68 

PURSE Bee Premiums. 

HACE, filled, when 31 

Sandwitching race 80 

Report of 104 

When no distance named 5 

HECALLTNG, none after word given 59 

PANK OF DISTANCED HORSES 92 

HECORD, what constitutes. 80 

In dead heats 78 

liEFUSAL, to answer protest 39 

REINSTATEMENTS 115 

REMOVAL OF PENALTIES by member 110 

REPORT OF RACES 104 

T^EWARD 30 

HEHEARINGS 117 

HULED OUT HORSES, what are 88 

Purses to 93 

RUNNING, horse set back for 60 61 

tSALE OF HORSE, with engagements 8 

1SANDWTCHING RACES 86 

SCORING 6 

SERVICE OF NOTICE, in appeals 112 

SEX, given with nomination. 16 

SHOUTING, and improper noises 69 

SIRE, given with nomination 16 

SPONGING 58 

STAKES, put in Stakeholder's hands 10 

STARTIN(i, but one horse 11 

No standing starts 59 

STARTERS, in dead heats 87 

Ruled out horses 88 

STRIKING, another horse prohibited 63 

SUBSTITUTION of another driver 68 

SUPPRESSION OF TIME 83 

-SUSPENSION, defined 100 

For nonpayment of fees 27 

For foul driving, 70 



56 INDEX. 

Of members for nonpayment of premiums. 98 

Limitation of 102 

Appeal from decision imjiosing 112 

SWERVIN(i, to impede projiress of another horse 63 

TAMPERING WITH HORSKS 70 

TIME, allowed in case of accident 71 

How taken 77 

When disqualifies Vi 

Is a record or bar 77 

In dead heats 8S 

When a record 80 

When a bar 81 

When not a bar 82 

Suppression of 83 

Allowed between heats 85 

TIMERS, appointed, how 79 

TRACK, to be vacated when horses called 52 

TROTTING AFTER DARK 89 

UNPRINCIPLED CONDUCT punished 70 

VOID HEAT, for fraudulent collision 72 

AVALK-OVER, no purse for 94 

WARNING, when not necessary 65 

WEIGHTS AND WEIGHING 44, 45 

Mistakes and accidents in 46 

In handicaps and matches 47 

WHIPS, length of allowed 49 

Improper use of punished.., 63 




INDEX TO RUNNING RULES, 



ACCIDENTS, delay in case of 34 

AGE 0¥ HOUSE, proof of 58 

AIDS, in starting 35 

ALLOWANCES,. Gl 

In heals 31 

For sex 30 

Must be claimed 13 

In produce races 62 

Steeple chases and hurdle races 63 

ATTENDANTS, care from at start 33 

BAR FLATES, not allowed when 32 

BOLTING 41 

BRIDLE, weight of 43 

CARELESS RIDING 37 

CLOTHING OF HORSE, when weighed 43 

COMPLAINTS 40 

CONDITIONS, supersede rules »2 

CROSSING, in a race 37 

DAY OF RACE not mentioned 37 

DEAD HEAT 50 

For second place 51 56 

Division of prizes 5 

DEATH OF HORSE 24 

Of subscriber 23 

Entry not void by 25 

Entrance money not leturnable 26 

DECIDING HE AT. 49 

DECLARATION FEE. live per cent 18 

DECLARING OUT 16 

One declared all declared 17 

DEDUCTION, for entrance paid 19 

DECISION OF JU1>GES, subject to objection 53 

DISMOUNTING 43 

In case of accident 34 

DISPUTE, effect of 57 

DISQUALIFICATION, for overweight 43 32 

Of horses, for injuring another horse 37 

Extent of 38 

When rider falls 42 

DISTANCE 46 

When horse distanced 45 

When length of race not mentioned 66 

DIVISION, of declaration fee 20 

Of prizes 52 

DRAWN HORSES, when distanced 48 

During pendency of race of heats 49 

DRESS OF JOCKEYS 69 

ENTRANCE MONEY, when paid 15 

Five per cent declaration 18 

Deduction for entrance paid 19 

Division of 20 

Not returnable 26 

ENTRY, in produce races 10 

Must start unless 16 



58 RUNXIXG RULES* 

To sweepstakes ; 20 

'Sot n-vocaltlo , ■■■.^... 22 

Di-ath oi' mistake in 23 24 

Not void by death 25 

ENTUIES, \vheii close in purse. 14 

When sweeptakes close 20 

EXAMINATION, of horses 58 

EQUirMENTS.takenoff how „■. 43 

FAIKSTAKT 34 

FALl>IN(i of rider 42 

FEATHER WEIGHTS [ 31 

FEE, lor declaration 18 

May be Jed to position when 34 

FOREIGN HORSES 68 

FOUL RIDING, penalty for 39 

HANDICAP, defined.. '. 6 

Free Handicaps 7 

HORSE, defined "....'..'.'.'.'.".".'. 1 

Must start when 16 

How placed in the race 48 

JOCKEY, must start horse 34 

Accidents to 34 

Dress of 69 

Number of. on arm 69 

JOSTLING in a race 37 

JUDGE, not in the stand 36 

JUDGES must notice foul riding 40 

Decision of, subject to objection 53 

May order examination of horses 58 

LEADING HORSE entitled to course 37 

MAIDENS, delined 2 

Conditions as to 2 

MATCH, (jelined 5 

Death ot party to 23 

MEETING, when it ends 60 

MISTAKES in entry 24 

Correction of 53 

MONEY not returnable 26 

NUMBEK OF JOCKEY, on arm 69 

NOMINATOR, death of 25 

O]\IISSI0NS, Sunday when 64 

Weight not mentioned 65 

Distance not mentioned 66 

Day not mentioned 67 

OBJECTION, before race 54 

Effect of 55 57 

When in writing 56 

ONE DECLARED, all declared 16 

OVERWEIGHT, declared 32 

OWNERSHIP of horses 59 

PAYMENT of entrance money 15 

PENALTIES not cumulative 61 

For two-year-olds in stakes 61 

PENALTY^ for foul riding 89 

PENDIN(i OBJECTION, effect of 57 

POSITIONS for a start 33 

POST RACE 8 

PRIVATE SWEEPSTAKES ."■.'.".'. "....!'.'."'.!;!'" 4 

PURSE, defined '..'..'.....;. 3 

How winners of, ascertained 48 

Withheld iicnding objection 57 

When race is in dispute 57 

PURSE RACI*], entries reiiuired in 11 

When entries close in 14 

PRODUCE RACE, defined 9 

Entrance in 10 



ilUNNING RULES; 69 

Allowances in ;..;*;».;;. • 62 

KACE RUN OVER, when 36 

RACES AFTER JULY 1st 31 

RAIN & WIND, allowance for 43 

RIDER FALLING 42 

RUNNING OFF dead heats 50 56 

SEX ALLOWANCES 30 

SHOES, what kind allowed 32 

SHOUTING, not allowed 35 

STAKE, defined 4 

START, position for 33 

Mnst be by jockey 34 

Aids not allowed 35 

STARTER, authority of 33 34 

STARTING BUT OiVE HORSE 44 

STRIKING, another horse 37 

SUBSCRIBER, death of 23 

SUBSCRIBERS, neccessary for sweepstakes 4 

SUBSCRIPTIONS, not revocable 22 

Transferable 21 

SUNDAY, omitted when 64 

SWEEPSTAKES, defined 4 

Entrance to 20 

Private 5 

SWERVING OF HORSE 37 

TRAINING SHOES, not allowed 32 

TIME, between heats 47 

TWO-YEAR-OLDS, weights for 28 

THREE-YEAR-OLDS, weights for 29 

And over, after July 1 31 

VICIOUS AND UNRULY HORSES 34 

VOID START 34 

WALK-OVER 11 

WEIGHING IN 43 

WEIGHING OUT 32 

WEIGHTS, scale of 27 

Exclusively for two-year-olds 28 

Exclusively for three-year-olds 29 

Sex allowances 30 

Other allowances. 31 

In steeplechase and hurdles , 31 

Wrong weights 36 

When not mentioned 65 

WELTER WEIGHTS, light 31 

Heavy 31 

WHIP" weight of 43 

WINNERS, how determined 48 

In dead heats 50 

In hurdles and steeplechases 63 



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